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WeWork's Creator Awards, in partnership with Microsoft and our friends at Sofar Sounds, is looking for innovative musical performers (solo or groups) based in the Los Angeles area. The initiative rewards acts that merge creativity and imagination with compelling performances, and it's open to all genres (including performance arts, let your acting friends know about it!).

The winners will be rewarded with a cash prize between $18K and $72K, and will also secure a paid gig at the Creator Awards San Francisco event on May 10.

Applying for a Creator Award only takes a few minutes, you can start the process here.

WeWork's Creator Awards, in partnership with Microsoft and our friends at Sofar Sounds, is looking for innovative musical performers (solo or groups) based in the SF Bay Area. The initiative rewards acts that merge creativity and imagination with compelling performances, and it's open to all genres (including performance arts, let your acting friends know about it!).

The winners will be rewarded with a cash prize between $18K and $72K, and will also secure a paid gig at the Creator Awards San Francisco event on May 10.

Applying for a Creator Award only takes a few minutes, you can start the process here.

I was asked to write this week’s Weekend Warrior because there are few (if any) Philly bands that I have come to know better than Creepoid. In a way, this Saturday feels like I’m about to attend the funeral of old friends whom I’ve grown up with, which is actually kind of true. I remember first discovering the band in my earliest days of writing for The Deli Philly. I became enamored with their first single, “Pink Tag Sale,” which I discovered while searching for new music on MySpace. (Lol…does anybody else remember those days?) We eventually met at a show in South Philly, and bonded over our love of consuming weed and alcohol, which I’m sure is a common connection that they have with many folks. However, what really kept me coming back to their shows were their beautiful melodies and explosive jams, as well as the air of unpredictability that always seemed to surround them.

Case in point – the grunge-psych quartet of Sean Miller, Anna Troxell, Pat Troxell, and PeteJoe Urban had just sold out their release show for the Horse Heaven LP at Kung Fu Necktie. There was a sense of something special building that evening. Well, at the band’s very next show a week after, I attended another packed performance at Tritone, a defunct music venue that used to inhabit where The Cambridge now stands, across the street from beloved Philly institution Bob & Barbara’s. Things were certainly chaotic that evening and not quite going the band’s way. We were all having fun before their set, and probably got a bit too lit – some more than others (PeteJoe ;-). Long story short – the band ended up imploding on stage, which nearly ensued into an all-out brawl amongst themselves. I remember leaving that show thinking: “Shit – I just watched the end of Creepoid.” I texted Pat the next morning to see if that was true. They were all hungover at breakfast, laughing about what had happened the night before.

Ha…I guess, in a way, it’s been fortunate that the band has lasted this long, and I am thankful that it has. This Saturday at Union Transfer will surely be bittersweet, but I’m certainly looking forward to seeing old friends, familiar faces, and a kick-ass Creepoid show for one last time. Hope to see you there as well. And of course, #BringWeed! – Q.D. Tran

“Boy,” the new single from Aidan Peterson, a.k.a. Instupendo, is an awakening attitude adjustment. It starts the day off on the right foot, while delicate, tiptoeing keys gradually gain depth and pace. Subtlety developing layers before revealing the groove, the song captures an elegant, dance-catalyzing density. You can catch Instupendo at Coda on Friday, March 30, opening for Digitalism.

Imagine Joanna Newsom's voice on top of the swirling instrumentals of a Lorde song. That sums up Kami Maltz's music in a nutshell. The Brooklyn singer/songwriter and co-producer released a new single chock full of that hypnotizing sound called "On The Loose". Though the song's a bedroom creation, it sports masterful production bringing out the humming basses and ethereal synths. She'll play the song along with many others on March 3rd, when she performs live at Pete's Candy Store with her new backing band. Don't miss out. - Will Sisskind